Female Gamblers With Gambling Problems Seem to Have a Harder Time Getting Their Gambling Under Control

In the United Kingdom, a Soho-based gambling clinic has been awarded over a 500,000 pound grant.The grant was issued by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission in order to help treat and counsel addictive gamblers for the next 18 months.

The Soho-based organization, National Problem Gambling Clinic, will use the substantial grant in order to provide professional counseling.&nbsp; The counseling offered is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and targets adults, especially women in breaking the gambling habit.

The National Problem Gambling Clinic offers treatment to anyone in the United Kingdom who suffers from a gambling addiction. The clinic claims that 75% of all its patients get significantly better due to the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

For those not prepared to come into the clinic for the intense therapy or for those unable to come into the clinic, phone and online counseling will be offered over the next twelve months. Mothers with young children will be allowed to get counseling while their kids are watched after the onsite daycare.

With the grant, the clinic is doing everything possible in order to help resolve the addictive gambling problem that faces the country. It is reported that more and more people are taking advantage of the counseling that is being offered in order to take control of lives.